Hose reel



H. F. KIENEMAN March 22, 1932.

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' INVENTOR. HARRY F. KIENEJY 'AN B 7ZL J ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 22, 1932 ITE HARRY F. KIEZNEMAN, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO" 'HOSE REEL I I Applicationfiled November '28, 1930. .Serial No. 498,826. X

lawns, andother similar plots. As is well known, the structure of this type of hose possesses elasticity or resiliency sufficiently to maintainits tubular form and thereby prevent flattening of the hose as it is Wound on the drum. In carrying out my invention this type of hose can be wound or coiled onthe drum of the reel in such manner as not to obstruct the free flow of water through the coiled or wound hose, and on the other hand,- J thewa-ter may freelyflow through that portion of thehose that may remain on the drum while the hose isbing used to sprinkle a lawn or garden. v

The carriage of the reel, which is supplied with supporting ortraction wheels, and a swivel steeringwheel, together with a drum revolving in a vertical axis, is located ap proximately midway-between the nozzle end and the attaching end'of the hose, and the ap proximately central'portion of the hose is attached firmly to the top portion of the revolvable drum. The hose-drum is thus'adapted to alternately wind and unwind both ends of the attached hose, depending upon the direction of travel of the'carriage toward or away from the stationary faucet or other fitting to which one end of the hose is attached. The hose is wound upon the drum in spiral formation, preferably in a double coil, by pushing or pullingthe carriage towardfthe attached, or stationary end of the hose, and the hose may be unwound from the drum by pulling. on the nozzle end of thehose, thus propelling the carriage, away from the faucet I or other water-supply fixture to which the hose may be attached. I v

One of the special features and advantages the present invention resides in the simple arrangement by means of which the central portion of the hose is attached to the drum to insure drainage of all water fromthe hose, through both ends of the hose. Thus, by at taching the centralportion of the hose at the top portion of the vertically arranged drum,

and after the hose has been wound from the top portion of the drum toward its. bottom portion, it will be apparent that water will be drained by gravity, through the spirally lwound hose to both of the freeends of the ose.

hose reel as a convenient wheeledv implement for facile manipulationin winding and unwindingrubber garden hose for sprinkling purposes, it will be understood that the. hose and implement may be used for various other purposes when desired.

The invention. consists in certain novel While I have referred to and illustrated the v earns-1r combinations and arrangements of parts whereby the hose maybe wound,'-'preferably in spiral formation, on the drum, and unwoundtherefrom, for the purposes above indicated, as will be hereinafter more: fully set forth andclaimed. In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated one complete ex ample of the physical embodiment of my'invention wherein the parts are combined and arranged according to thebest mode I 'have thus far devised for the practical application ofthe principles of my invention.

' Figure 1 1s a view. in side elevation of the hose reel of my invention, showing a hose partially wound thereon, with the nozzle and attaching ,ends of the hosebroken away for convenience of illustration.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of'the reeldru1n,-,showing the hose wound thereon to-v gether with the guide ring fornse in winding and unwinding the hose. Figure 3 shows a modification of the hose drum.

In carryingout my invention I preferably employ a carriage orwheeled frame 1, of circular shape, or of oval shape, and this carriage or frame is supported by two spaced traction wheels 2, and a front orswiveled steering wheel 3, the wheels of course being located below the frame and journaled with I relation thereto.

The two spaced traction wheels 2, are mounted, rigidly, at the opposite ends of a drive shaft 4 journaled in bearings beneath the frame, and this shaft has mounted thereon a drive pinion 5 which meshes with a horizontally disposed driven gear 6, the latter being fixed to revolve with a vertical stub shaft 7 journaled in suitable bearings at the center of the carriage or frame 1.

At diametrically opposite points the carriage is provided with a pair of outwardly projecting lugs 8, 8, and from these lugs rise a pair of rigid posts 9, 9, preferably square in cross section. The upper ends of the posts may be reduced in diameter to support a cross bar or tie bar 10 that is' fashioned with perforated ends to slip over the reduced upper ends of the posts and rest upon the shoulders formed by the reduced ends at the upper ends of the posts.

Cotter pins 11, or other suitable means may be employed in connection with the reduced ends of the posts for securing the cross bar 10 on the osts,,and it will be apparent that the cross ar ties the two posts together to form, with the posts, arigid upright frame supported on the carriage.

A cylindrical drum 12 is mounted, within the upright frame, on its vertical axis in the carriage, andat the lower end of the drum a hub 13 is provided that slips down over the stub shaft 7 which is journaled in a boss 14 at the upper side of the carriage 1, and upon which boss the drum is supported to revolve.

At its upper end the cylindrical drum is fashioned with a depressed or inset head 14, and this head is fashioned with a stub shaft 15 that projects through a bearing hole in the center of the tie bar 10. The drum is thus journaled at its upper and lower ends, within the upright frame of the carriage, to revolve on its vertical axis, when the "hose reel is trundled, or the drum may manually be turned by the use of a crank handle with its socket slipped over the squared end 16 of the stub shaft15.

At the op osite ends of the drum are formed annu ar, exterior flanges 17 and 18, the flange 17 being located above the depressed head 14, and between these flanges is arranged a spiral flange 19, which forms a spiral groove in which the hose H is laid, in a double coil, from the top toward the bottom of the drum, and from which the coils of the hose are unwound from the bottom of the drum toward the top or upper end.

As best seen in Figure 2, the nozzle end 20 of the hose and the coupling or attaching end 21 of the hose, project diametrically, in opposite directions from the drum, but they are laid in a double coil and unwound or wound in the same direction with relation to the drum.

The central part 22 of the hose passes through holes 23 in the drum, which holes are located in diametrical points of the wall of the drum, just below the upper flan e 17 but above the depressed head 14 of the c rum. The portion 22 of the hose extends transversely across the depressed head, in a somewhat S-shape, and it is firmly secured on the face of the head by means of a pair of spaced clips or metal straps 24 that are clamped on the hose by means of screws 25 which secure the clip to the head.

The two ends of the hose, as they are wound and unwound on and off the spirally flan ed drum, are guided in their movement by tile use of a vertically reciprocable guide ring 26 that is of lar er interior diameter than the flangesof the um, and at diametrically opposite points the ring is fashioned with outwardly projecting, flat lugs or plates 27 over which the ends of the hose glide while winding or unwindin These guide plates or lugs support the en s of the hose and guide these parts of the hose as they are laid in the grooves of the drum, and they also guide the hose-ends to insure proper unwinding action of the hose.

In order that the two ends of the hose may be laid on or takenofi the drum at the proper diametrica-ll opposite points of the drum'I use a pair 0 rollers 28 journaled on upright stud shafts 29 which stud stafts are rigid with and rise from the supporting plates or lugs 27 of the guide ring, and a pair of re-' taining lugs 30 on theftop of the r" 26 assist in maintaining the coils of the ose on the drum.

The guide ring rises and falls, or reciprocates along the vertical axis of the drum as the hose is unwound therefrom or wound thereon, and for this purpose the ring is supported from coils of the hose by means of inturned hooks 31, here shown as four in number and spaced at regular intervals around theinner periphery of the guide ring. The hooks or lugs 31 ro3ect inwardly from the ring, a sufficient distance to insure that they will ride on the top of the outer one of the double coil as the hose is laid on and taken off the drum, and the ring is thus lifted by the spirally unwinding hose, and falls by gravity as the ends of the hose are spirally wound on the drum.

The-guide ring is guided in its reciprocation by the posts 9, 9, of the carriage, and for this purpose the plates 27 of the ring are fashioned with squared holes 32 complementary to the posts so that the ring may slide freely up and down on the posts.

In Figures 1 and 2 a latch 33 is shown pivoted at 34 in the interior of the drum,

and a link 35 pivoted on the free end of the latch is indicated as extending through the drum to its top where it is accessible for use. The free end of this latch is adapted to seat in complementary kerfs in the hub 13 and the top of the shaft 7 to lock or fasten the hub of the drum so that the hub and drum will revolve with. the shaft 7. When so locked or fastened thedrum and shaft revolve together to wind or unwindthe hose. In some instances it is desirable that the drum shall =revolve on the shaft 7, as when a crank handle is placed on the squared end 16 of the shaft 15. ,When thecrank handle is thus to be used, the latch is lifted by pulling up on the link 35 to uncouple the drum from the shaft thereby permitting the drum to revolve on the shaft.

In Figure 3 the drum 36 is fashioned from a rectangular metalsheet, and in lieu of the Letters Patent is l 1. In a portable traction operated hose reel adapted ,to be propelled by a, pull on its hose, the combination with a carriage, of a rotatable drum thereon disposed in vertical position, means for fastening a hose interme-- diate its ends at the top of the drum, guiding means movable on the carriage for the hose as it is unwound from the bottom toward the top of the drumand wound from the top toward the bottom of the drum, traction wheels for the carriage, and transmis-;

sion mechanism between said wheels and the drum.

2. In .a, portable traction operated hose reel adapted to be propelled by a pull on its hose, the combination with a wheeled car-V riage, of a rotatable drum having a spiral flange forming grooves for ahose, means on the upper portion of the drum above said grooves for fastening a portion of the hose to permit its coiling in the grooves, a movable guide supported onthe carriage for coaction with the oppositeends of the hose as the latter is wound and: unwound, and V power transmission mechanism between the wheels and the drum. 7

3. In a portabletraction operated hose reel adapted to be propelled by a pull on its hose, the combination with'a carriage, ofla rotatable drum having a spiral, hose-receiving exterior groove, means for fasteningan intermediate portion of arhose to the upper part of the drum leaving the ends of the hose free, a movable guideon the carriage, and means on said guide for co-action with the ends of the hose as the latter are wound on and unwound 01f the drum. 1

4. In a portable, traction operated hose reel, the combination of a rotatable drum having top and bottom external flanges and an intermediate spiralflange forming a hosereceiving groove, and adepressed head for the drum, said drum having openings inits wall through which the opposite ends of the hose project from the depressed head, and means for securing a portion of the hose to said head.

5. In, a portable, traction operated hose reel, the combination of a carriage and a rotatable drum mounted thereon, means at the top of the drum for fastening an intermediate p ortiongof a hose thereto, means for laying the free ends of the hose in spiral formation on the drum, a vertically reciprocable guide ring on the carriage, inwardly bent guide lugs on said ring for the hose-ends, and guide rollers journaled in'uprightposition'on the ring for saidhose-ends.

In testimony whereof I have afl'iXed my signature.

HARRY F. KIENEMAN. 

